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2016-03-01
Driving in the snow is a lot like skiing or cyclocross biking. It has a lot of nice smeary flow. It's great fun! But GREAT TIRES are the huge key.
Probably AWD/4WD is also a factor but I've never had that…

2015-06-02
Robert and I just sold this amazing book, "Africa: the Dream and Reality." He had it for sale for several years in my OYB eBay Store. A most unique travelog. One of a kind, really. The only Commie Travelog! This dynamic duo explored the world in the 50's in a Tatra, an amazing Czech car…

2013-07-09
Here's a blog for folks who love vintage motorcycles. And who love to ride them, hard. And work on them. And dress up creatively and vintagely. It's like a functional Steampunk scene. Some of the bikes are "never existed" models built custom from vintage parts, souped up, made outrageous…

2012-07-31
Driver safety is a relevant issue in the Outdoor Life, so I cover it here. In short: People who cause dangerous car crashes MUST be gotten off the roads! Wrecks are THE PROOF of unsuitability for driving…

2012-06-18
Austin Vince has an action hero name, doncha think? And his "Mondo Enduro" is an action movie that wears its cult stripes proudly.
Vince and 5 pals set out in 1995 to ride motorcycles around the world…

2012-05-04
On our recent family tenting drive around Ohio we visited the Motorcycle Hall of Fame. It's worth a stop!
It features the guys and gals behind motorcycling and the place where the people make the most difference, I suppose, is in motorsport…

2011-12-27
Are we ever going to see another thrifty, sippy, easy to work on, supergroovy car?
I hope so!
The Citroen 2CV used to satisfy all those demands. It would get 45mpg with one of its two cylinders tied behind its back…

2011-10-18
Motorcycles don't have to be monstrous to be cool. Do they.
Here are pics and links to a bunch of motos that have small engines and lightweight components. Many have pedals.
You know I'm down with this kind of moto, having posted about it many other times before…

2011-08-08
Ah, now here's something!
I've long championed the two-tracks and Seasonal Roads (Not Plowed) of Up North Michigan. Here's a group that actually goes whole hog for what I only do in tiny little droplets of the rare free time that I gather enough of to wander north…

2011-07-31
I saw one of these in the Traverse City State Park campground.
The three distinctive names on the vehicle combined to kinda blow me away. Airstream. Dodge. Westfalia.
*Airstream means vintage trailers to me…